---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning the use of facial recognition services."
description: "Concerning the use of facial recognition services."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "SB 6280"
citation: "Washington SB 6280 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["STATE AGENCIES AND DEPARTMENTS", "LEGISLATURE", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "STUDIES", "IDENTIFICATION"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Nguyen"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 59
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2020-01-14"
last_action: "2020-03-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bcaf3a88-ded8-4d3f-868b-ed8b3caa5ae9"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=6280&year=2019"
source_hash: "b50512fc3d35eb39a0513482e931364185b27d3b6e230fc20dbb51e654970549"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-wa"]
---

# Washington SB 6280 (2019-2020) — Concerning the use of facial recognition services.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/6280.htm)
2. **Engrossed Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/6280-S.E.htm)
3. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/6280-S.htm)

## Votes

- 2127 Klippert Pg 1 Ln 14 (#9) — **41–56** (fail) · lower
- Final Passage as Recommended by Conference Committee (#21) — **27–21** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as recommended by the Conference Committee (#8) — **53–43** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#10) — **63–33** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#20) — **30–18** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Nguyen — primary (person)
- Carlyle — cosponsor (person)
- Das — cosponsor (person)
- Hunt — cosponsor (person)
- Lovelett — cosponsor (person)
- Pedersen — cosponsor (person)
- Randall — cosponsor (person)
- Salomon — cosponsor (person)
- Wellman — cosponsor (person)
- Wilson, C. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2020-01-14** First reading, referred to Environment, Energy & Technology. `reading-1`
- **2020-01-23** ENET - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2020-01-23** Minority; do not pass.
- **2020-01-23** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2020-01-24** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2020-02-17** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2020-02-19** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2020-01-23** ENET - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2020-01-23** Minority; do not pass.
- **2020-01-23** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2020-01-24** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2020-02-17** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2020-02-19** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2020-02-19** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2020-02-19** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2020-02-19** Third reading, passed; yeas, 30; nays, 18; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2020-02-24** First reading, referred to Innovation, Technology & Economic Development. `reading-1`
- **2020-02-28** ITED - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
- **2020-02-28** Minority; do not pass.
- **2020-02-28** Referred to Appropriations.
- **2020-03-02** APP - Majority; do pass with amendment(s) by Innovation, Technology & Economic Development.
- **2020-03-02** Minority; do not pass.
- **2020-03-02** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2020-03-03** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2020-03-04** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2020-03-06** Committee amendment not adopted. `amendment-failure`
- **2020-03-06** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2020-03-06** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2020-03-06** Third reading, passed; yeas, 63; nays, 33; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2020-03-07** Senate refuses to concur in House amendments. Asks House to recede from amendments.
- **2020-03-10** House insists on its position and asks Senate for a conference.
- **2020-03-10** Conference committee appointed. Representatives Boehnke, Entenman, Hudgins.
- **2020-03-10** Conference committee request granted.
- **2020-03-10** Conference committee appointed. Senators Nguyen, Brown, Wellman.
- **2020-03-11** Conference committee report; received 5:39 PM 3/11/2020.
- **2020-03-11** Conference committee report; received 5:15 PM 3/11/2020.
- **2020-03-12** Conference committee report not adopted.
- **2020-03-12** Conference Requested.
- **2020-03-12** Conference committee reappointed. Senators Brown, Nguyen, Wellman.
- **2020-03-12** Conference committee request granted.
- **2020-03-12** Conference committee appointed. Representatives Boehnke, Entenman, Hudgins.
- **2020-03-12** Conference committee report; received 4:47 PM 3/12/2020.
- **2020-03-12** Conference committee report; received 5:15 PM 3/12/2020.
- **2020-03-12** Conference committee report adopted.
- **2020-03-12** Passed final passage as recommended by conference committee; yeas, 53; nays, 43; absent, 0; excused, 2.
- **2020-03-12** Second report of conference committee adopted.
- **2020-03-12** Passed final passage as recommended by conference committee; yeas, 27; nays, 21; absent, 0; excused, 1.
- **2020-03-12** President signed. `passage`
- **2020-03-12** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2020-03-12** Delivered to Governor.
- **2020-03-31** Governor partially vetoed. `executive-veto-line-item`
- **2020-03-31** Chapter 257, 2020 Laws PV. `became-law`
- **2020-03-31** Effective date 7/1/2021. `became-law`
- **2020-01-15T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Environment, Energy & Technology at 08:00 AM
- **2020-01-23T15:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Environment, Energy & Technology at 10:00 AM
- **2020-02-26T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Innovation, Technology & Economic Development at 08:00 AM
- **2020-02-28T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Innovation, Technology & Economic Development at 08:00 AM
- **2020-02-29T14:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 09:00 AM
- **2020-03-02T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 01:30 PM

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bcaf3a88-ded8-4d3f-868b-ed8b3caa5ae9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).